Walk with You
| "Walk with You" | ||||
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| Single by Ringo Starr featuring Paul McCartney | ||||
| from the album Y Not | ||||
| Released | 22 December 2009 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Hip-O Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Richard Starkey, Van Dyke Parks | |||
| Producer(s) | Ringo Starr, Bruce Sugar | |||
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"Walk with You" is a song by Ringo Starr, released as a single from his 2010 studio album Y Not. It features fellow former Beatle Paul McCartney on backing vocals and bass. The track was not originally conceived as a collaboration with McCartney, who originally only planned to play bass on "Peace Dream."[1]
The song was also used as Starr's entry on the iTunes exclusive 4-track Beatles EP 4: John Paul George Ringo, released in 2014.
Composition
In a promotional video, Starr said that "Walk with You" was originally intended to be a "gospelly" song.[2] Starr called Van Dyke Parks and asked him to collaborate on writing a "God song," but Parks said he did not write about God. They reworked the melody and completed the track as a song about the power of friendship.[2][3] During the recording of "Peace Dream," Starr played Paul McCartney several tracks he had completed for Y Not. McCartney developed the "trailing" duet in the melody of "Walk with You."[2]
Personnel
- Ringo Starr – drums, vocals, background vocals and percussion
- Paul McCartney – additional vocals, bass
- Steve Dudas – guitar
- Ann Marie Calhoun – violin
- Bruce Sugar – keyboards and string arrangement
References
- ^ "Walk With You by Ringo Starr Songfacts". Songfacts. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Ringo Starr interview". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
- ^ "Ringo Starr Declares "Y Not"!". PR Newswire. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
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